Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Link's from Marty Magee

Today's speaker was Marty Magee from the National Network/Library of Medicine. During her talk, she told us about many important web sites to find out information about our health and well-being. 80% of the web searches deal with health issues. But not all sites have non-biased, peer-reviewed information. Below is a clickable list of the sites that she recommended:

National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Medline Plus: http://www.medlineplus.gov/
MedlinePlus-Go Local: www.medlineplus.gov/golocal (http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/local/nebraska/list_service.cfm?areaid=28&location_id=1493&location_type=County&service_type=all&invokedby=locations)
Senior Health: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/
PubMed: http://www.pubmed.gov/
Toxtown: http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/
Toxmap: http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/
Household Products Database: http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: http://nccam.nih.gov/
Medical Library Association: www.caphis.mlanet.org/consumer
My Family Health Portrait: www.hhs.gov/familyhistory
UNMC-Consumer Health Information Resource Service (CHIRS): www.unmc.edu/library/consumer
Nebraska Access: www.nlc.state.ne.us/
Evaluating Resources: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html

Thank you Marty for this great information!